We See Im Majesty

High up for one mountain, three fishermen dey cover dem eyes. Dem friend face dey shine like sun. Im clothes white like light. And from inside one bright cloud, one voice come out.

Plenty years don pass since dat day. Peter, one of dat three fishermen, don old now. E write second letter to believers, and e know say e fit be im last one. Some teachers dey laugh at di hope say Jesus go return, and dem dey lead people go wrong road with stories wey dem invent by demselves. Peter want make di church hold di truth well after e don go. So e reach back inside im memory, to one of di most wonderful things wey e ever see.

I go always remind una about dis things, Peter talk, even though una know dem and una stand firm for di truth. E talk about im body as tent. As long as I dey live inside dis tent, e talk, I think say e right make I wake una up as I dey remind una. Because I know say I must soon remove dis tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ don show me clear. Long before, beside di Sea of Galilee, Jesus wey don rise tell Peter how im life go end. Peter never forget. And I go try my best, e talk, so dat after I don depart, una go always fit remember dis things.

Then Peter tell dem why dem fit dey sure. Because we no follow clever stories wey people make up, when we make una know di power and di coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we see im majesty with our own eyes. Peter dey there. With James and John, e climb one high mountain with Jesus. And there, Jesus change before dem eyes, e dey shine with glory. Peter remember everything. Jesus receive honour and glory from God di Father, when di voice come from di majestic glory: Dis na my beloved Son, wey I dey well pleased with. And we ourselves hear dis voice, Peter talk, when we dey with am for di holy mountain. No be rumour. No be legend. Peter see am with im own eyes and e hear am with im own ears.

And something more dey, Peter talk. We still get di word of di prophets, wey don even more sure. Di words of di prophets inside di scriptures. Una go do well if una pay attention to dem, e talk, like lamp wey dey shine for dark place, until di day break and di morning star rise inside una hearts. Picture say you dey waka for one dark road for night, you hold one small lamp, until finally di sky begin bright. Then Peter explain where dat prophecies come from. No prophecy of scripture come from di prophet own idea. E no ever come by human will. But holy men of God talk as di Holy Spirit dey carry dem, like ship wey wind dey carry.

As Peter feel say im death don near, dat one match wetin di early Christians remember. One letter wey di church for Rome write near di end of di first century, wey people dey call First Clement, talk about how Peter bear witness and suffer. And di church historian Eusebius write down di tradition say dem kill Peter for Rome because of im faith, when di emperor Nero dey rule, for di sixties.

We see im majesty. You go find Peter words for Second Peter chapter one, verse twelve to twenty-one, and di mountain itself for Matthew, Mark and Luke. One old fisherman last reminder: dis one no be story wey person make up. I dey there. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Wetin dey help you remember wetin dey true about Jesus when you dey waka pass one dark place?